Shoe-finishing machine.



- I Josg PH C. WISE J. C. WISE.

SHOE FINISHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MT. 25. I9I5.

Patented Apr. 17', 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Elmuewtoz 'J. c. WISE.

SHOE nmsume momma.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 25,1915- Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

2 SHEETS-'SHEET 2 um salaries A FFWE JOSEPH (J. WISE, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO GEO. J. FISCHER, OF QUINCY,

. ILLINOIS.

SHOE-FINISHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 17, 1911?.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn C. Visit, a citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Finishing Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in shoe finishing machinery and has for its primary object to provide improved means for mounting a tool carrier whereby the tool shaft may be accurately alined with the operating shaft for connection thereto.

The invention has for a more particular object the provision of a rotary support upon which a series of tool carriers are pivotally mounted, and means for adjusting said support with respect to the tool operating shaft.

It is an additional object of the present invention to provide an improved construction and mounting of the bed plate upon which the tool carriers are adapted to be ar ranged when in operative position, whereby said bed plate may be properly disposed to sup sort the carrier and maintain the tool sha t in proper alinement with the driving shaft.

The invention has for another very important object to provide a shoe finishing machine wherein the several parts are so arranged that the machine Will occupy a minimum of space.

It is an additional object of my invention to provide an improved frame construction for machines of the above character including an extensible frame section upon which additional operating tools may be mounted.

It is also the purpose of the present invention to generally improve and simplify the construction of shoe finishing machinery which will enable the same to be operated with a minimum of electric power current, and consequently at a greatly reduced eX- pense over the operating cost of the ordinary machinery of this character now in general use. I

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to andmore particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

For a full understanding of the invention,

, reference is to behad to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a shoe finishing machine constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view,

Fig. 3 is a central vertical section,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail plan view illustrating the manner of securing the tool carrier in position upon the bed-plate.

Fig. 5 is a detail vertical section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4:.

Fig. 6 is a detail section showing the mounting of the adjustable supporting arm for the tool shaft, and

Fig. 7 is a detail section illustrating the means for adjusting the bed-plate.

Referring in detail to the drawing 5 designates the end standards of the machine frame in which the upper and lower tubular longitudinal rails 6 and 7 respectively are mounted and rigidly held by means of the set screws 8. Upon the upper parallel rails 6 of the machine frame the spaced bearing standards 9 are secured. A tool driving shaft 10 is journaled in suitable bearings upon the upper ends of these standards. The inner end of this shaft is provided with a clutch 11 which is housed and protected by a sleeve or collar 12, fixed upon the shaft 10 by means of the set screw 13. The outer end of this shaft 10 is equipped with a sole edge setter indicated at 14:, the same being removably held upon the shaft by means of a screw 15 threaded into the end thereof.

A. pair of bearing standards 16, similar to the standards 9 are also mounted upon the opposite ends of the upper frame rails 6, and a second shaft 17 is journaled in bearings provided upon the upper ends of these standards. Upon the outer end of this lat ter shaft a breasting disk 18 of emery or other suitable abrasive material is secured. This disk is provided for the purpose of scouring or surfacing the inner end of the shoe heel. Upon each of the shafts 10 and 17 a belt wheel 19 and 20 respectively is rotatably mounted in sleeve 33.

an upwardly projecting fixed. These Wheels are connected by means of endless belts 21 and 22 with the belt wheels 23 and 24 secured upon the counter shaft 25 which is journaled in suitable bearings 26 mounted in the lower ends of the lation to the frame and the upper end thereof is vertically extended as shown at 32. Upon this upper end of the rod 31 a sleeve 33 is longitudinally adjusted. A set screw 34 is carried by the sleeve for engagement with the rod 31 whereby said sleeve is rigidly secured in its adjusted pom'tion.

35 designates a horizontally disposed frame which is provided with a series of radially extending arms 36. A pivot rod or pin 37 is centrally fixed in the frame 35 and the upper end of the This rod 37 also extends above the frame 35 and upon the same a supplementary tool for operating upon the shoes may be conveniently secured as indicated at 38. In the outer end of each of the arms 36, a tool carrier 39 is pivotally mounted, as at 40. This carrier is of substantially U shape form and is preferably constructed in two sections adjustably secured together by means of a bolt 41. In the outer ends of the opposed arms of said sections a tool shaft 42 is rotatably mounted. Upon said shaft one or more tools indicated at 43 may be secured. Each of the arms 36 is formed with lug 44 against which the tool carrier is adapted to rest when in its inoperative position as clearly shown in Fig. 1. When in such position'the tool carrier is disposed inwardly toward the center of the disk past the perpendicular. Each of the tool shafts 4-2 is provided upon one of its ends with a clutch 45 for interlocking engagement with the clutch 11 on I the end of the operating shaft 10.

Upon one of the upper rails 6 of the machine frame an outwardly and upwardly extending arm 46 is adjustably clamped by means of a screw or bolt 47 disposed through the split end of said arm which embraces the frame rail. Upon the upper end of this arm a horizontally disposed plate 48 is secured or formed. This plate is provided with spaced slots 49 and upon the same the laterally projecting plate 50 formed upon the sleeve 33 I Bolts 51 carried by this latter plate are movable in the slots 49. It will therefore be obvious that by loosening the clamps which secure the rod 31 and the arm 46 upon the frame rails, the rotatable tool supporting frame 35 may be adjusted inwardly or outwardly with respect to the frame. The purpose of these several adjustments will be more fully understood from the following description.

For the purpose of supporting any one of the several tool carriers when the tool is in operative position and its shaft connected to the operating shaft 10, I provide a bed-plate 52, which is formed at its ends with the forwardly projecting arms 53. One of these arms is provided upon its outer longitudinal edge with an upstanding forward end of which the inwardly projecting lug 55 is formed. This bed-plate is provided adjacent to its opposite ends with the depending bars 56 which are slidably engaged upon the vertical supports 57 adjustably clamped at their lower ends upon one of the frame rails 6 by means of the bolts 58. The upper end of each of these supports is provided with a slot 59 to receive a bolt 60 mounted in the lower end of one of the bars 56 on the bedplate 52. It is thus apparent that the bed-plate may be easily and quickly adjusted so as to support the tool carrier in its true horizontal position whereby the tool-shaft may be disposed in exact longitudinal alinement with the operating shaft 10. After the tool carrier has been lowered into.position upon the bed-plate 52 and the tool shaft 42 disposed in alinement with the operating shaft 10, said tool carrier is shift- I ed upon the bed-plate by means of a lever 61, which is fulcrumed as at 62 upon the bed-plate. This lever is provided with a to the left upon the bed-plate, the other side arm of the carrier moving under the inwardly projecting lug 55 on the bed-plate. The connection of the carrier to the rotatable frame 35 is sufficiently looseto permit of this shifting movement without throwing the tool shaft out of alinement with the operating shaft 10. The clutch on the end of the shaft is thus engaged with the clutch 11 on the operating shaft and said shafts locked together. The protecting collar 12 will effectually prevent the operators clothing or the shoe strings from becoming entangled in the clutch. The lever 61 is also provided at its pivoted end with a lug or extension 64,

which is adapted to extend over the arm on flange 54, upon the 1 1,222,ees

bed-plate upon which the lever 61 is mounted is formed with a depression or recess indicated at 65 for the accommodation of the operators han d in order that the tool carrier may be conveniently grasped and moved.

The other end of the tool shaft which is not provided with the clutch is supported in an arm 66, the upper end of which is formed with a suitable shaft bearing, the lower end thereof being provided with a slot 67. This slot receives a bolt mounted in one of the bearing standards 16. By simply tightening the nut 69 on the end of said bolt the shaft supporting arm may be rigidly clamped in its adjusted position.

By mounting and adjusting the several tool carriers upon the machine frame in the manner above described it will be manifest that any selected one of the tool carriers may be very easily and quickly arranged in operative position and the tool shaft accurately alined with the operating shaft and connected thereto.

At the conclusion of the operation of the tool upon the shoe, the lever 61 is simply thrown outwardly to release the tool carrier 39 and said carrier shifted slightly to disengage the tool shaft from the operating shaft 10. The carrier and the tool mounted therein is then swung upwardly upon the rotatable support 35 to its position of rest against the lug at.

Upon the lower pair of frame rails 7, an additional support 70 is mounted and upon the same a suitable fan "(1 is secured. The fan shaft is connected to a belt wheel on the counter-shaft 25 by means of an enclless belt 72. A hopper '73 is suitably mounted centrally in the frame to receive the dust from the operating tools, and this hopper is connected by a pipe or conduit 74: to the fan case. A dust receiving pipe 75 is also provided to receive the dust from the breasting disk 18 and this latter pipe is suitably connected to the lower end of the pipe 7 1-.

The fan case is of course provided with a suitable outlet, from which the leather dust is discharged in the operation of the fan.

In order that additional opera-ting mechanism may be conveniently supported and driven from the single operating shaft of the machine, I provide an extensible frame section. This extensible frame section includes the parallel rods or rails 76, which are slidably engaged in the upper tubular rails of the main frame. 'lhese rods 76 are secured at one of their ends in the upper end of the vertical standard or support 7? which is preferably similar in form to the end standards 5 of the main frame. The rods 76 may be pulled outwardly to any desired extent in order to space the standard 7? from the adjacent standard 5, and said extensible frame section rigidly secured in its adjusted position by means of the screw erating shaft, a plurality of tools of tools mounted upon the said support 101' bolts 8 which are mounted in the upper end of the stanoard 5 and extend through the frame rails 6.

From the foregoing description t connection with the accompanying drawings i it is believed that the construction and malt nor of operation. and several advantages of my improved filllSl'Lflg machine may be clearly and fully understood.

Upon the machine frameat the ends thereof suitable tables or may be provided for the be operated upon.

The machine as a whole is comparatively simple in its construction and owing to the particular mounting and arrangement of the several parts thereof it will be seen that the same may be very compactly disposed so that the machine will occupy a minimum of space. The motor 28 may be connected to g an electric light circuit, and the expense incident to the provision of a special electric equipment thereby obviated. ft is, of course, obvious that the machine may be provided with any desirable number of tool carriers by resorting to obvious modifications in the form of the rotatable support therefor, and the machine may also be equipped with any of the various tool elements now known in the art for operating ,3 upon shoes. 1 therefore reserve the priviloge to resort to the above and all other changes in the construction and arrangement of the several parts of which my invention is susceptible and which would clearly fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

l/Vhat I claim is:

1. In a shoe finishing machine,

opposite supports 78 shoes which are to a tool opmounted for independent bodily movement with respect to said shaft and means for supporting any one of said tools in. position to be operatively connected to said shaft.

2. In a shoe finishing r achine, a tool operating shaft, a plurality of tools mounted for independent bodily vertical swinging movement and means for supporting any one of said tools in position to be operatively connected to said shaft.

3. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a rotatable support, a plurality of tools mounted for independent swinging movement noon said support with respect to said shaft, and additional means for supporting any one of said tools in position to be operatively connected to said shaft.

a. In a shoe finishing machine, an operat ing shaft, a rotatable support, a plurality bodily movement with respect thereto, each of said tools including a shaft, additional means for supporting the tool shaft in alinement with the operating shaft, means to connect the contiguous ends of said shafts,

and additional means permitting the ad justment of the rotatable tool support with respect to the operating shaft.

5. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a support, a tool carrier adapted to be arranged upon said support, means for effecting a driving connection between the operatin shaft and the tool, and means forlocking the tool carrier upon said support against movement with respect thereto to maintain the tool in operative connection with said operating shaft.

6. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a tool support 52, a tool provided with a shaft and operatively mounted on said support for bodily movement with respect thereto, said tool shaft and the operating shaft being provided with means for effecting a driving connection between the same, and means for shifting the tool upon said support to establish an operative connection between its shaft and the operatingshaft and simultaneously lock said tool on the support against bodily movement with respect thereto.

7. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a tool support, a plurality of tool carriers mounted for. bodily movement, any one of which is adapted to be arranged upon said support with its tool in operative relation to said operating shaft, and means mounted upon the support for locking the carrier against bodily movement with respect thereto, whereby the tool is maintained in operative connection with said operating shaft.

8. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a tool support, a tool carrying frame adapted to be arranged upon said support, a tool mounted in the frame and including a shaft, means permitting adjustment of said support with respect to the operating shaft, and means for shifting the tool frame upon the support to establish a driving connection between the tool shaft and the operating shaft and simultaneously lock said frame against movement with respect to the support.

9. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a rotatable support, a plurality of tool carriers pivotally mounted upon said support, a tool on each of said carriers having a shaft, and means for locking the tool shaft of any of said carriers in operative connection with said operating shaft and positively holding the tool carrier against pivotal movement on said support.

10. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a rotatable support, a plurality of tool carrying frames pivotally mounted. upon said support for vertical swinging movement, a tool upon each of said frames having a shaft adapted for connection with said operating shaft, means permitting adjustment of the rotatable tool supportwith respect to the operating shaft, and means to cooperate with any of the tool carrying frames to shift the same to establish a driving connection between the tool shaft and the operating shaft and simultaneously lock the tool carrying frame against pivotal movement upon the support.

11. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a bed-plate arranged adjacent to said shaft, a rotatable support, a plurality of tool carrying frames *pivotally mounted upon said support, a tool on each of said frames including a shaft, means permitting adjustment of the bed-plate to support any one of said frames with the tool shaft in alinement with said operating shaft, and means for shifting said frame upon the bedplate to establish a driving connection between said shafts and lock the frame against movement with respect to the bedplate.

12. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a bed-plate, means permitting adjustment of said bed-plate vertically and laterally with respect to the shaft, a plu rality of pivotally mounted tool carrying frames, a tool mounted in each of said frames and including a shaft, any one of said frames being adapted to be disposed upon the said'bed-plate to position the tool shaft in alinement with said operating shaft, and means mounted upon said bedplate to shift said frame thereon and establish a driving connection between said shafts.

18. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a bed-plate, means permitting adjustment of said bed-plate vertically and laterally with respect to said shaft, a rotatable support, a plurality of tool carrying frames pivotally mounted on said support, a tool carried by each of said frames including a shaft, said support being provided with means to limit the movement of said frames in one direction and support the tools in an inoperative position, any one of said frames being adapted for arrangement upon said bed-plate to dispose the tool shaft in alinement wit-h the operating shaft, and means for shifting the said frame upon the bed-plate to establish a driving connection between said shafts and simultaneously lock the frame against pivotal movement upon the support.

14:. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a bed-plate, a rotatable support, means permitting adjustment of said support with respect to the bed-plate, a plurality of tool carrying frames pivotally mounted upon said support, a tool carried by each of the frames including a shaft, any one of said frames being adapted for arrangement upon said bed-plate to dispose the tool shaft in alinement with the operating shaft, and a cam lever mounted upon tion between the the bed-plate to shift said frame and establish a driving connection between said shafts.

15. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a bedplate, a rotatable support, means permitting adjustment of said support with respect to the bed-plate, a plurality of tool carrying frames pivotally mounted upon said support, a tool carried by each of the frames including a shaft, any one of said frames being adapted for arrangement upon said bod-plate to dispose the tool shaft in alinement with the operating shaft, said bed-plate being provided with a retaining lug, and a cam lever mounted upon the bed-plate to shift said frame to establish a driving connection between said shafts and also move the frame into. engagement with the retaining lug, whereby the frame is held against pivotal movement upon said support.

16. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a bed-plate, means permitting adjustment of said bed-plate vertically and laterally with respect to the shaft, a rotatable support, means permitting adjustment of said support vertically and laterally with.

respect to the bed-plate, a plurality of tools mounted upon said support for bodily swinging movement, said tools each having a shaft, said tools being movable upon the support to dispose any one of the same in operative position upon the bed-plate, and means mounted upon said bed-plate for shifting the tool thereon to establish a driving connection between its shaft and the operating shaft and simultaneously lock the tool against bodily movement with respect to the bed-plate.

17. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a plurality of bodily and independently movable tools, any one of which is adapted to be disposed in axial alinement with said shaft, and means for axially shifting said tool to effect a driving connection between the same and said operating shaft.

18. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a plurality of bodily and inclependently movable tools, any one of which is adapted to be disposed in axial alinement with said shaft, means for axially shifting said tool to efiect a driving connecsame and said operating shaft, and means for operatively supporting the tool in such position.

19. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a plurality of bodily movable tools, any one of which is adapted to be disposed in axial alinement with said shaft, and means for independently axially shifting said tools to look any one of them in driving connection with said operating shaft.

20. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a rotatable support, a plurality of bodily and independently movable tools mounted upon said support, any one of which is adapted to be axially alined with said operating shaft, and means for effecting a driving connection between the tool and the operating shaft.

21. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a rotatable support, a plurality of bodily and independently movable tools mounted upon said support, any one of which is adapted to be axially alinedwith said operating shaft, means for supporting the tool in operative position, and means for axially shifting the tool to effect a driving connection between the same and the operating shaft.

22. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a plurality of tools mounted fOr independent swinging movement and also for axial shifting movement, any one of said tools being adapted to be disposed in axial alinement with the operating shaft, and means for axially shifting the tool to effect a driving connection between the same and the operating shaft.

28. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a plurality of tools mounted for independent swinging movement and also for axial shifting movement, any one of said tools being adapted to be disposed in axial alinement with the operating shaft, and means for axially shifting the tool and locking the same in driving connection with said operating shaft.

24. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a. rotatable support, means permitting the adjustment of said support with respect to the operating shaft, and a plurality of tools mounted upon said support, any one of which is adapted to be disposed in axial alinement with the operating shaft for connection thereto.

25. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a rotatable support, and a plurality of tool carriers bodily movable upon the support and adapted to be extended outwardly and radially from the support to dispose a tool in position to be operatively connected to said shaft.

26. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a. rotatable support, and a plurality of tool carriers bodily movable upon the support and adapted to be extended out wardly and radially from the support to dispose a tool in position to be operatively connected to said shaft, and mean for looking the carrier against movement to maintain the tool in operative connection with the shaft.

27 In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a bed plate, a tool carrier adapted to be operatively positioned upon said bed plate, and means permitting of the adjustment of the tool carrier upon the bed plate to dispose the shaft of the tool therein in axial alinement with the operating shaft for connection to the latter.

28. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a bed plate, a support, a tool carrier movable upon the support and adapted to be operatively positioned upon the bed plate, and means permitting of the adjustment of the support with respect to the bed plate, whereby the shaft of the tool in "said carrier may be axially alined with the operating shaft for connection thereto.

29. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a bed plate, a tool carrier adapted to be positioned upon said bed plate, and means permitting of the adjustment of the bed plate with respect .to the operating shaft, whereby the shaft of the tool in said carrier may be operatively connected to said operating shaft.

30. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a bed plate, a rotatable support, aplurality of independently movable tools mounted upon said support, any one of which is adapted to be arranged upon the bed plate in its operative position, and means permitting the adjustment of the support Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing with respect to the bed plate, whereby the shaft of the tool may be cooperatively connected with the operating shaft.

81. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, a bed plate, a tool carrier adapted to be supported by said bed plate in operative connection with the operating shaft, and means for locking the carrier upon the bed plate against movement from its operative position.

32. In a shoe finishing machine, an operating shaft, abed plate, a tool carrier adapted to be supported by said bed plate in operative connection with the operating shaft, and a pivoted locking element mounted upon the bed plate to cooperatively en gage the carrier and lock the same against movement upon the bed plate from its operative position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH O. WISE.

Witnesses:

F ANK KING, WILLIAM E. IVIEYER.

the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, 1). G. 

